Well, that was an education!

[Flipfly]

If I hadn’t had traction control I’d have been fine, I’d have modulated the throttle to sort out the wheelspin, but I’d have never have sorted it out as quickly or as effortlessly as the TC did.

It’s not about the riding gods superiority in not needing it, merely an observation of how far it has come since the first WC I rode.

It isn’t a fail safe, but it is bloody good at what it does.

 

[SBD]

I agree.

 

[knutk]

If I hadn’t had traction control I’d have been fine, I’d have modulated the throttle to sort out the wheelspin, but I’d have never have sorted it out as quickly or as effortlessly as the TC did.

It’s not about the riding gods superiority in not needing it, merely an observation of how far it has come since the first WC I rode.

It isn’t a fail safe, but it is bloody good at what it does.

Basically, I also do agree.

However, even if most of us in here grew up with bikes lacking all electronics, there is a major difference between then and now.
The engines are way more powerful than the old bikes.
A 1200 cc bike today has the power to spin the rear loose on surfaces that we earlier considred as 'safe'. If we for instance twist the throttle slightly abrupt for an overtake and we hit some dusty spot on the road, the tail will spin out so fast that we will never know what hit us. I've seen this happen to others, and I've experienced it my self (luckely, at very slow pace, so only damage to my ego)
The rear coming loose on gravel may be lots of fun, but the rear coming loose on hard surface is not.

 

[ChazzyB]

Complicated electronics on an Italian bike. What could possibly go wrong?

Quite so. ;-)